Last year when I was researching things for my gallery wall, I stumbled upon this great tool for making your own Eye Chart Art. I thought it was so cool, and started experimenting with different combinations. I loved how my son's name looked, with his birthday, and it fit perfectly. I made one, printed it, and hung it up near his room. Everyone always compliments it, and I tell everyone how easy and super cheap (just the cost of a photo print!) it is. There are a few tips and tricks though, so I decided to share a tutorial on how to make your own! This is the final Photo Eye ...
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DIY Monogrammed Canvas
Last month, I posted a great tutorial on how to make your own custom canvas. Quick, easy, and cheap, this project was a win in all ways. You can use whatever fabric you want, which mans you could create a look for a nursery, living room, as a gift, for the holidays...there are endless options. For my canvas, I wanted to monogram them with our family initials, A and Z. I knew I wanted to hang them somewhere around the house. This is what they started out as: You can make your own, using this tutorial: DIY Custom Canvas I found the letters I wanted, made them huge (full page) on Word, ...
More Gallery Wall
I posted a couple weeks ago about the maps that I have fallen in love with while in the process of putting together a gallery wall. These types of walls are very popular right now, and it seems like a really cool way to display things that have meaning to you and are creative and cool. I have found a couple more cool things to add.... (ignore the pink borders, wordpress adds that automatically and would not be around the actual print). A DIY eyechart! I think these are so cool. I found a really great website that will make them for you, with any words you want, as long as you agree not ...
DIY Crayon Art
Ever since I joined Pinterest last year, I have seen these Crayon Art projects pop up on my feed all the time. I always thought they were really cool, and immediately looked into how to do them. A couple weeks after seeing them I was grocery shopping and spotted a ton of 24 count crayola crayon boxes on clearance. It was a sign! I decided it would be a fun activity for the twins and I to do one rainy day. I looked for the best tutorial and found one at the Nap Time Craft Time Blog. Instead of trying to use the sun though, I just went straight to the hair dryer. I found it took a ...
Maps!
With decorating the new house, I have been searching the internet trying to find inspiration. One thing we already have that we like a lot, are maps. For the last 5 or 6 years I have had 2 vintage type maps...one of San Francisco, one of New York City. My husband and I both love traveling, and have been many places, so I think it's a cute way to incorporate thoughts and images of our favorite places. I would love to have maps of cities where we have lived....New York, San Francisco, Berkeley, Greenwich, Detroit, Atlanta... I haven't been able to find any good ones for Atlanta or ...